Soviet Land Nehru Award

The '''Soviet Land Nehru award''' was a literary award created to foster better relations between India and the Soviet Union.

The first recipient of this award was the poet Sumitranandan Pant.

==History== The '''Soviet Land Nehru Award''' was a literary award created in 1965 in India. The award is named after the magazine ''Soviet Land'', which was an Indian magazine published by the Soviet Government-run news agency, TASS, with the intent to promote socialism in India.<ref>{{cite web|author1-link=Tomila Lankina |last1=Lankina |first1=Tomila |last2=Lankin |first2=Vladimir |title=The Russia-India relationship: A shadow of past ties? |url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2014/08/18/the-russia-india-relationship-a-shadow-of-past-ties/ |website=blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia |publisher=London School of Economics |date=18 August 2014}}</ref>

==Prizes== ===Award money=== When the award was first launched, the winners would get a sum of 15,000 Indian Rupees<ref>Sumitranandan Pant : जीवन और साहित्य, द्वितीय खंड, शांति जोशी, राजकमल प्रकाशन, नयी दिल्ली, प्रथम संस्करण-1977, पृष्ठ-612</ref>. However, later on, the award's structure and criteria were changed, with multiple people getting the award every year. The award was split into two categories, named the primary category and the secondary category. The primary award winners would get a sum of 10,000 Rupees while the secondary award winners would get Rupees 5,000.<ref>Vishnu Prabhakar, और पंछी उड़ गया (आत्मकथा-3), राजपाल एण्ड सन्ज़, कश्मीरी गेट, दिल्ली, संस्करण-2015, पृष्ठ-164</ref> ===Soviet tour=== Winners of this could avail the opportunity to go on a fully-funded 2-week long tour of the Soviet Union.

==Discontinuation== In 1991, the award was abruptly discontinued as a result of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union<ref>https://sikhheritageeducation.com/soviet-land-nehru-award-wound-up-wsn-service/</ref>

== Notable award winners == {| class = 'wikitable' |- ! Year !! Laureate !! Literary Work |- | 1965 || Sumitranandan Pant || Lokayatan |- | 1966 (?) || Yagyadutt Sharma || Shilanyas |- | 1967 || Harivansh Rai Bachchan || 64 Russian Poems<ref>'' 'दशद्वार' से 'सोपान' तक'', हरिवंशराय बच्चन, राजपाल एंड संज़, दिल्ली, संस्करण-1992, पृष्ठ-213.</ref> |- | 1967 || Manmatha Ray<ref>{{cite web |title=Roy, Manmatha - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Roy,_Manmatha |website=en.banglapedia.org |language=en |access-date=2025-07-17 |archive-date=2021-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715011335/https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Roy,_Manmatha |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> || ? |- |- | 1968 || Vrindavan Lal Verma<ref>''वृन्दावनलाल वर्मा समग्र'', सप्तम खंड, संपादक- डॉ॰ विश्वनाथ प्रसाद, हिन्दी प्रचारक पब्लिकेशंस (प्रा॰) लिमिटेड, वाराणसी, प्रथम संस्करण-2000, पृष्ठ-924.</ref> || ? |- | 1968 || Firaq Gorakhpuri || Gul-e-Nagama |- | 1969 || Yashpal<ref>''Yashpal Rachnavali'', भाग-१४, समन्वय-संपादन- आनन्द, लोकभारती प्रकाशन, इलाहाबाद, प्रथम (पेपरबैक) संस्करण-२००७, पृष्ठ-५०६.</ref> || ? |- | 1969 || Qurratulain Hyder || For various works<ref>''ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार'', संपादक- डॉ॰ प्रभाकर श्रोत्रिय, भारतीय ज्ञानपीठ, नयी दिल्ली, संस्करण-2005, पृष्ठ-484, 485 एवं 489.</ref> |- | 1970 || Amritlal Nagar || Amrut aur Vish<ref>संवेद (पत्रिका), मार्च 2018 (अमृतलाल नागर पर केन्द्रित), अतिथि संपादक- बिपिन तिवारी, पृष्ठ-359.</ref> |- | 1971 || Amrit Rai || Kalam ka Sipahi<ref>हमारे श्रेष्ठ प्रकाशन, हंस प्रकाशन, इलाहाबाद, पृष्ठ-10.</ref> |- |1971 || Dr. Ranjeet || Progressive Poems of Hindi |- | 1972 || Upendranath Ashk || ? |- | ? || Devendra Kaushik || ? |- | ? || Prabhakar Machave || ? |- | 1973 || Kedarnath Agarwal || Phool nahi rang bolte hai<ref>आजकल (पत्रिका), मई 2011 (केदारनाथ अग्रवाल पर केन्द्रित), संपादक- सीमा ओझा, प्रकाशन विभाग, नयी दिल्ली, पृष्ठ-27.</ref> |- | 1974 || Shivmangal Singh Suman || Mitti ki barat<ref>''शिवमंगल सिंह 'सुमन' : मनुष्य और स्रष्टा'', प्रभाकर श्रोत्रिय, सामयिक प्रकाशन, नयी दिल्ली, संस्करण-1990, पृष्ठ-165.</ref> |- | 1975 || Shiv Kumar Mishra || Reflections on Marxist Literature <ref>''मार्क्सवादी साहित्य-चिन्तन : इतिहास तथा सिद्धान्त'', शिवकुमार मिश्र, वाणी प्रकाशन, नयी दिल्ली, संस्करण-2010, अंतिम आवरण फ्लैप पर उल्लिखित।</ref> |- | 1976 || Vishnu Prabhakar || Awara Masiha |- | 1979 || Mithileshwar<ref>मिथिलेश्वर, ''संकलित कहानियाँ'', नेशनल बुक ट्रस्ट इंडिया, नयी दिल्ली, संस्करण-2013, अंतिम आवरण पर लेखक परिचय के अंतर्गत उल्लिखित।</ref> || ? |- | ? || Darshan Singh <sup>Can't find any source</sup>|| ? |- | 1981 || Kartar Singh Duggal<ref>''नेशनल बुक ट्रस्ट संवाद'', वर्ष-17, अंक-2, फरवरी 2012, पृष्ठ-7.</ref> || ? |- | 1981 || Ghulam Nabi Aatash || Kashmiri translation of Pushkin's poems <ref>https://kashmirlife.net/writing-for-kids-issue-47-vol-10-202364/</ref> |- | 1982 || Ramvilas Sharma || भारत में अंग्रेज़ी राज और मार्क्सवाद<ref>आजकल (पत्रिका), सितंबर 2012 (रामविलास शर्मा पर केन्द्रित), संपादक- सीमा ओझा, प्रकाशन विभाग, नयी दिल्ली, पृष्ठ-5.</ref> |- | 1983 || Bheeshma Sahani || ? |- | 1984 || Amarkant || ? |- | ? || Varsha Adalja || ? |- | 1985 || Satyajit Ray<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Hind%C4%AB_sinem%C4%81_k%C4%81_suh%C4%81n%C4%81_saphara.html?hl=hi&id=yIVGnaM7z38C हिन्दी सिनेमा का सुहाना सफ़र, गंगा प्रसाद शर्मा, डायमंड बुक्स, पृष्ठ-34.]</ref> || ? |- | 1986 || Shukrdev Prasad || The Indo-Soviet space friendship<ref>इलाहाबाद साहित्यकार कोश, संपादक-डॉ॰ एस॰ के॰ पाण्डेय डॉ॰ विजयानन्द, हिंदुस्तानी एकेडमी, इलाहाबाद, संस्करण-2009, पृष्ठ-60-61</ref> |- | 1986 || Gyanranjan || The revolutionary magazine "Pahal" <ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZMVRamRyzXYC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9E%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0&source=bl&ots=S4mGOGMlxv&sig=ACfU3U2oZoySTl19EYuWax_vSXebyVn6cA&hl=hi&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjchZPrmvHwAhWLlEsFHYLCCTgQ6AEwEXoECBUQAg#v=onepage&q=%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9E%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0&f=false कहानी : समकालीन चुनौतियाँ, शंभू गुप्त, वाणी प्रकाशन, संस्करण-2009, पृष्ठ-16.]</ref> |- | 1987 || Abdul Bismillah || Jhini Jhini bhini chadriya<ref>https://sahityavimarsh.com/jhini-jhini-bini-chadariya/</ref><ref>''ज़हरबाद'', अब्दुल बिस्मिल्लाह, राजकमल प्रकाशन, नयी दिल्ली, पहला पेपरबैक संस्करण-1994, पृष्ठ-1.</ref> |- | ? || Vishwanath Tripathi || ? |- | 1989 || Kavita Balakrishnan || Painting |- | ? || Devika Ramesh || ? |- | ? || Abhimanyu Anant || ? |- | ? || Padma Sachdev || ? |- | ? || Vinda Karandikar || ? |- | ? || ONV Kurup || ? |- | ? || Kaifi Azmi || ? |- | ? || Subhash Mukhopadhyay || ? |- | ? || Ram Mattegunta || ? |- | ? || Balraj Sahni || ? |- | ? || Narayan Surve || ? |- | 1978 || Muzaffar Aazim || Kashmiri translation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace |- | ? || Mother Teresa || ? |-

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